Huckabee compares being gay to drinking, swearing
Asking him to accept same-sex marriage 'is like asking someone who's Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli'
Possible Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says homosexuality is a lifestyle choice like drinking and swearing — which is why he can accept friends who are gay, despite his religious convictions.
"People can be my friends who have lifestyles that are not necessarily my lifestyle," Huckabee said in an interview with CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday. "I don't shut people out of my circle or out of my life because they have a different point of view. I don't drink alcohol, but gosh — a lot of my friends, maybe most of them, do. You know, I don't use profanity, but believe me, I've got a lot of friends who do. Some people really like classical music and ballet and opera — it's not my cup of tea."
Still, there's no chance the former Arkansas governor will ever accept gay marriage — whether he runs for president or not.
"This is not just a political issue," Huckabee said. "It is a biblical issue. And as a biblical issue — unless I get a new version of the scriptures, it's really not my place to say, 'OK, I'm just going to evolve.'"
Asking a Christian to accept same-sex marriage, Huckabee said, is "like asking someone who's Jewish to start serving bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli."
"We don't want to do that — I mean, we're not going to do that," he said. "Or like asking a Muslim to serve up something that is offensive to him, or to have dogs in his backyard. We're so sensitive to make sure we don't offend certain religions, but then we act like Christians can't have the convictions that they've had for 2,000 years."
But Huckabee's views on gay marriage are at odds with the beliefs of a majority of Americans. According to a May 2014 Gallup poll, 55 percent of those polled said same-sex couples should have marriage rights like everyone else. Forty-two percent said they should not.
"I'd like to think that there's room in America for people who have different points of view without screaming and shouting and wanting to shut their businesses down," Huckabee said Sunday. "What worries me in this new environment we're in, it's not just that someone might disagree. They don't want to argue with me, even take a different point of view. They want to close someone's business down."
The interview drew some immediate scorn on Twitter, where users mocked Huckabee's comments.
' Now look here, a lot of folks out there have no idea what Same Sex Marriage is like, so I'm gonna explain it to you in very simple, easy to understand terms. You see, I'm very religious, and I fear God more than I fear a flat tire while crossing the Mojave Desert! Now don;'t get me wrong here, I Am Not homophobic! 'Somebody' said I Was, but I'm pretty sure I'm Not. Nope, not a homo bone in my body! If I thought there was, why, I'd jerk it right outta there! Out Demon, out! Be gone with you..you...you Sinner bone! Well, I'm glad we pretty much cleared that up. Yep, cleared it up, let there be Nooo doubt now.. So, now about this silly 'marriage' stuff..Why in the world do they wanna do This? That's what You may ask, but you know what, I have the answer. It's like This; If you are born into a 'sinner' family where the sinner parents are 'cussers', always sayin' bad words around their children, teachin' their children how to say bad words, and to spell them even, then you're gonna have troubles. Now almost all sinner parents who cuss, are drinkers of that devils brew, Alcohol. That stuff loosens the devils tongue, and now you got a cussin' sinner as well as a drinker sinner. Well, what do you think's gonna happen to those sinners children? They're gonna be sinners too. They're be cussers And drinkers of evil spirits, Annnnd wait for This one folks...They're gonna be 'homo' lovers! That's right! Men will love men, and women will love women! And the next thing you know, they're gonna want to live with one another, and Then they'll wanna get married to each other. Lord have mercy, Jesus will roll over in his grave! Now you see why there's so many homo lovers out there!? And it's because of sinner parents teaching their children to be sinner lovers. So it's plain as the nose on my face, homo lovers is just like drinkin' and cussin'! Simple as That, and I couldn't have explained it better. And they better watch out, because if Jesus comes back unannounced, he's gonna sneak up on those sinners and Whamm! Zap!, he'll give'em a lightning bolt from hell! But don't you worry your silly little heads about what I believe in, I promise that I will leave it at my bedroom door when I'm elected as your unbiased President. Really! No, really....I practically Promise..I'm not kidding folks..don't fret. I'm not just Another ultra religious fannatical politician...really. Trust Meeeee....'. ;) ;)
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